The poetical works of William Cowper, Band 2W. Pickering, 1853 |
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... flowers , her aromatic gums , Disclosing Paradife where'er he treads ? She quakes at his approach . Her hollow womb , Conceiving thunders , through a thousand deeps . And fiery caverns , roars beneath his foot . The hills move lightly ...
... flowers , her aromatic gums , Disclosing Paradife where'er he treads ? She quakes at his approach . Her hollow womb , Conceiving thunders , through a thousand deeps . And fiery caverns , roars beneath his foot . The hills move lightly ...
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... flower , for warmer France With all her vines ; nor for Aufonia's groves Of golden fruitage , and her myrtle bowers . To shake thy fenate , and from heights fublime Of patriot eloquence to flash down fire Upon thy foes , was never meant ...
... flower , for warmer France With all her vines ; nor for Aufonia's groves Of golden fruitage , and her myrtle bowers . To shake thy fenate , and from heights fublime Of patriot eloquence to flash down fire Upon thy foes , was never meant ...
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... flower feeds . The country preferable to the town even in the winter . Reafons why it is deferted at that feafon . Ruinous effects of gaming and of expensive improvement . Book concludes with an apostrophe to the metropolis . THE TASK ...
... flower feeds . The country preferable to the town even in the winter . Reafons why it is deferted at that feafon . Ruinous effects of gaming and of expensive improvement . Book concludes with an apostrophe to the metropolis . THE TASK ...
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... flower difhevel'd in the wind ; Riches have wings , and grandeur is a dream . The man we celebrate must find a tomb , And we that worship him ignoble graves . Nothing is proof against the general curfe Of vanity , that feizes all below ...
... flower difhevel'd in the wind ; Riches have wings , and grandeur is a dream . The man we celebrate must find a tomb , And we that worship him ignoble graves . Nothing is proof against the general curfe Of vanity , that feizes all below ...
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... flowers , Blown on the fummit of the apparent fruit . These have their fexes ; and , when fummer fhines , The bee transports the fertilizing meal From flower to flower , and e'en the breathing air Wafts the rich prize to its appointed ...
... flowers , Blown on the fummit of the apparent fruit . These have their fexes ; and , when fummer fhines , The bee transports the fertilizing meal From flower to flower , and e'en the breathing air Wafts the rich prize to its appointed ...
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againſt amuſed aſk Becauſe beneath beſt boaſt cauſe cloſe courſe diſtant divine dream e'en earth eaſe elfe eſcape facred fafe fame faſhion fave fecure feed feek feel feem fhall fhining fide fighs fight filent fince firſt flower fome fong foon form'd foul ftill fuch fupply fure glory grace happineſs heart Heaven himſelf houſe itſelf juſt laſt leaſt lefs leſs loft Lord loſe meaſure mind moſt mufic muſt nature Nebaioth never o'er once paſs peace pleaſe pleaſures praiſe promiſe purpoſe raiſed reft reſt riſe ſcene ſchools ſeaſon ſee ſeek ſeems ſeen ſerve ſhade ſhall ſhare ſhe ſhine ſhort ſhould ſhow ſkies ſkill ſmall ſmile ſome ſpare ſpeak ſpirit ſport ſpread ſtands ſtate ſtill ſtorm ſtream ſtrength ſtroke ſuch ſweet taſk taſte thee themſelves theſe thine thoſe thou art thouſand treaſure truth uſe virtue whofe whoſe wiſdom wiſh worth
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 32 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; * if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free, They touch our country, and their shackles, fall.
Seite 252 - A glory gilds the sacred page, Majestic like the sun : It gives a light to every age ; It gives, but borrows none.
Seite 176 - One song employs all nations ; and all cry, " Worthy the Lamb, for He was slain for us ! " The dwellers in the vales and on the rocks Shout to each other, and the mountain tops From distant mountains catch the flying joy, Till, nation after nation taught the strain, Earth rolls the rapturous hosanna round.
Seite 91 - tis the twanging horn o'er yonder bridge, That with its wearisome but needful length Bestrides the wintry flood, in which the moon Sees her unwrinkled face reflected bright...
Seite 221 - Where is the blessedness I knew, When first I saw the Lord? Where is the soul-refreshing view Of Jesus and his word? 3 What peaceful hours I once enjoyed ! How sweet their memory still ! But they have left an aching void The world can never fill.
Seite 92 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Seite 170 - The sum is this : If man's convenience, health, Or safety, interfere, his rights and claims Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs. Else they are all, the meanest things that are, As free to live and to enjoy that life As God was free to form them at the first, Who in his sovereign wisdom made them all.
Seite 44 - Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too. Affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.
Seite 346 - Puss was tamed by gentle usage; Tiney was not to be tamed at all ; and Bess had a courage and confidence that made him tame from the beginning. I always admitted them into the parlour after supper, when, the carpet affording their feet a firm hold, they would frisk, and bound, and play a thousand gambols...
Seite 27 - God made the country, and man made the town. What wonder then that health and virtue, gifts, That can alone make sweet the bitter draught, That life holds out to all, should most abound And least be threatened in the fields and groves...